Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DARDANO, STEFANO ANTHONY

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2663 2666

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.0%
Allow Rate
+15.0% vs TC avg
96
Total Applications
+33.0%
Interview Lift
1163
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 74 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.0%
§101 Eligibility
18.0%
§102 Novelty
49.3%
§103 Obviousness
18.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18307889 OPERATING A DEVICE SUCH AS A VEHICLE WITH MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
17608382 OBJECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM WITH FLAT CARRIER MEDIUM FOR ARRANGING ON A DEVICE Non-Final OA AUDI AG
18604886 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING IMAGE LOSS VALUE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18400930 Image Classification Method and Related Device Thereof Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17651445 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18487844 SEGMENTATION OR CROSS SECTIONS OF HIGH ASPECT RATIO STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
18289426 DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BASE-STATION FEEDER LINE, AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18627700 RECURSIVE OBJECT DETECTION FILTER Non-Final OA NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18248689 TYPE DISCRIMINATION DEVICE, TYPE DISCRIMINATION METHOD, TYPE DISCRIMINATION PROGRAM, AND DRUG SORTING DEVICE Non-Final OA YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
18590149 DETERMINATION OF A SAFETY ISSUE RELATING TO A VEHICLE OCCUPANT Non-Final OA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18437354 AI-DRIVEN MOTION CORRECTION OF PET DATA Non-Final OA Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
18644433 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Acer Medical Inc.
18627581 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING VISUAL FATIGUE OCCURRENCE SECTION Non-Final OA Emocog Inc.
17551177 Camera-based sensing devices for performing offline machine learning inference and computer vision Non-Final OA Abacus Sensor, Inc.

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